Amit Shah's battle cry to BJP workers in Uttar Pradesh: Make party 'invincible'

FP Staff • July 31, 2017, 15:00:23 IST

BJP president Amit Shah, who arrived in Lucknow on Saturday on a three-day visit, tackled several internal issues dogging the party in Uttar Pradesh

BJP president Amit Shah, who arrived in Lucknow on Saturday on a three-day visit, tackled several issues dogging the party in Uttar Pradesh, including reports of growing disenchantment among party workers with the Yogi Adityanath government. PTI

Shah urged ministers to ensure speedy delivery of welfare schemes. “The victory in Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections was the result of hard work of BJP workers and the government’s aim is to take welfare-centric measures of the Centre to the people, which had been stagnated in the previous regimes,” he said. PTI

Shah took a dig at the alleged lack of democracy in Congress, asking the gathering if anyone can tell who will be the next president of BJP. PTI

Terming Amit Shah as a ‘Chanakya’, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath said Shah has also been guiding him on some major governance issues of the state, like law and order, size of the state’s budget and the record wheat procurement. Twitter @myogiadityanath

Amit Shah, Yogi Adityanath, two deputy chief ministers and a host of top BJP leaders had lunch at the residence of a party booth in-charge, Sonu Yadav. Twitter @AmitShah

Amit Shah met with several party workers over the three days has held multiple press briefs. “In five years, the state government will fulfill each and every promise mentioned in the Sankalp Patra,” he said. Twitter @AmitShah